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[Senator William Knowland at Japanese American Republican Assembly party honoring California GOP at Kawafuku restaurant, Los Angeles, California, December 1, 1955]
[Senator William Knowland at Japanese American Republican Assembly party honoring California GOP at Kawafuku restaurant, Los Angeles, California, December 1, 1955]
[Senator William Knowland at Japanese American Republican Assembly party honoring California GOP at Kawafuku restaurant, Los Angeles, California, December 1, 1955]

[Senator William Knowland at Japanese American Republican Assembly party honoring California GOP at Kawafuku restaurant, Los Angeles, California, December 1, 1955]

Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.315
Description2 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 2 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, December 3, 1955. , In 3 locations.;California Senator William Knowland attends the Japanese American Republican Assembly dinner party honoring California GOP leadership at Kawafuku restaurant in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, December 1, 1955. Knowland shakes hands with Emory Chow, chairman pro-tem of the Chinese American Republican Assembly; David Chow, member of the 45th District of Republican Central Committee, stands between them; Soichi Fukui of the 40th District and Henry Tsurutani, president of the Japanese American Republican Assembly and who helped form the Chinese American Republican Assembly, stand at right. Also includes group photograph of Issei men in suits sitting around a long table facing viewer with Knowland standing at right.

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